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China’s June trade numbers and second-quarter growth numbers looked strong if you look at them one at a time. However, when you put them together, they describe an economy with a very specific problem: factories are still finding buyers abroad, especially for higher-value industrial goods, while demand at home remains too weak to absorb what […] The post China found a $125 billion escape valve for an economy running out of momentum appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The projected upside depends on Ethereum first overcoming key resistance levels before any larger advance can unfold.

Large traders are betting on a BTC price rise to $72,000 by the end of the month, latest options market flow suggests.

Trump Media is turning Truth Social posts into a feed for traders, and prediction markets now face a timing problem. The issue is what happens after a post becomes public but before most users can see, read, and act on it. On July 17, the Financial Times reported that Trump Media discussed charging traders up […] The post Trump posts may soon reach trading bots before users and prediction markets are not ready appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A Broadridge survey found Wall Street is accelerating tokenization efforts while betting on hybrid markets where digital and traditional assets coexist.

Washington just gave one of the world's largest digital currencies a more official place in the US financial system. On July 10, Circle won final approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to open a national trust bank under federal supervision. Circle called it a major step for USDC, as the approval […] The post Circle became a federal trust bank – now lenders warn stablecoins is projected to drain $500 billion appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Cybersecurity company Kaspersky said a newly identified malware framework is targeting cryptocurrency investors through social engineering tactics and trojanized GitHub apps. Kaspersky has uncovered a new malware framework targeting cryptocurrency investors. Dubbed “OkoBot,” the malware initiates an infection chain that starts with social engineering tactics such as ClickFix, which tricks users into running malicious commands, or trojanized GitHub apps that deliver a backdoor to infected devices, the cybersecurity company wrote in a Wednesday report. The malware can harvest crypto wallet files, browser data and user credentials, inject malicious extensions and capture wallet application windows to steal assets. Kaspersky said it identified multiple attacks involving this malware family since January 2026. Read more

On the eve of the GENIUS Act’s first anniversary, the stablecoin market holds about $310 billion, including roughly $184 billion in USDT and $73 billion in USDC. President Donald Trump signed the law on July 18, 2025, creating a federal framework with one-for-one liquid reserves, redemption rights, and monthly reserve disclosures for a market that […] The post One year later, GENIUS Act just made stablecoins easier to sell appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs lost over $8 billion in weeks. However, one gold ETF lost more than than in just a single month.

ChatGPT AI predicts Bitcoin price surge as regulatory clarity emerges under political support. Explore the implications today. The post ChatGPT AI Predicts This Exact Bitcoin Price by the End of 2026, and It’s Insane appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin enters the weekend trading near $62,500 to $64,300, keeping the intraday low as the market's clearest immediate threshold. That level's defense and the behavior of Ethereum, HYPE, and the broader altcoin market present a combined test this weekend of whether Bitcoin can hold $62,500 as the rest of the market starts closing the distance. […] The post Bitcoin must defend $62,500 as altcoins lose $8.8 billion in a week appeared first on CryptoSlate.

France’s gambling authority has ordered the country’s internet service providers to geoblock Polymarket, citing illegal gambling and market manipulation concerns. France’s Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ), or the National Gambling Authority, has ordered internet service providers to block access to Polymarket. Prediction websites are considered illegal gambling, the ANJ said in a Friday press release. The regulator said that Polymarket’s operations are not authorized in France and that advertising unauthorized gambling sites constitutes a criminal offense with fines of up to 100,000 euros ($114,000). Read more

Solana crosses 300,000 RWA holders as Circle adds $250M liquidity. SOL trades at $74.56 with a key supply wall at $79–$85. Full price analysis and what it means for traders. The post Solana News: SOL Hits 300,000 RWA Holders, Leaving Other Chains in the Dust appeared first on Cryptonews.

The metric just set another new record low. But it may not be as bad as it sounds.

Aside from PI, the other notable gainers today are CRO and VVV.

One other analyst expects these fluctuations to arrive as early as this weekend.

Meanwhile, FTX's ex-CEO requested a pardon but it was unanimously rejected by the US Senate.

[PRESS RELEASE – San Francisco, CA, July 17th, 2026] Crowdsourced Hedge Fund Completes Third Open-Market Purchase as Contributor Network and Assets Continue to Grow Numerai, the decentralized hedge fund powered by crowdsourced machine learning, today announced the completion of a third strategic purchase of Numeraire (NMR), acquiring an additional $1.2 million of the token from […]

Is this XRP's path forward and toward a $1 trillion market cap?

The FTX Recovery Trust and company have distributed about $10 billion since the exchange filed for bankruptcy in November 2022, leaving users cut off from their funds. The trust behind reimbursing creditors with ties to defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX announced that its next distribution of funds would start on July 31. In a Friday notice, the FTX Recovery Trust and crypto exchange said that they would distribute about $900 million to claimants in the recovery plan’s “convenience and non-convenience classes.” Eligible creditors can receive funds through their BitGo, Kraken or Payoneer accounts within one to three business days starting from July 31. The distribution will mark the fifth round of attempts of repaying FTX’s creditors. Convenience claims under $50,000 will receive a 120% reimbursement under FTX’s recovery plan, while others will receive between a 103-105% distribution. Read more